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 12/30/2006 05:13:51 PM · #1
Just got myself a laptop, and obviously planning to do a lot of photo-editing on it. Spotted a "Wireless Tablet" in a local supermarket going pretty cheap, bought it, took it home, only to find a big USB cable hanging out the back of it - turns out the product's old name was "Wireless (Design & Work) Tablet" - ie, the pen is wireless, and it comes with a wireless mouse, but the actual tablet isn't. Was I stupid to assume that a "wireless tablet" might actually, y'know, work wirelessly? And more importantly, might it be a good buy regardless - £22 (about $40) for a non-wireless 152*114mm tablet?? Or is my best bet to take it back and save up for an actual wireless one (the free wireless mouse is arbitrary, I already have one I can use)

Thanks for any advice.

Kirsty
 12/30/2006 06:11:28 PM · #2
Kirsty what's the brand of the tablet?

I've bought one yesterday also. Mine is a NGS and it costed me about 96 euros (more or less 115 usd). It's more or less the same size of yours and I preferred this over the Wacom one because for the same price I would only get a tablet half the size of mine and less sensitive to pressure (mine detects 1024 levels of pressure and the Wacom was half), although I don't really understand if in practice it's any usable difference.

I've necer use one before so I think I will have a big learning curve.
 12/30/2006 06:32:26 PM · #3
Originally posted by Nuno:
Kirsty what's the brand of the tablet?

I've bought one yesterday also. Mine is a NGS and it costed me about 96 euros (more or less 115 usd). It's more or less the same size of yours and I preferred this over the Wacom one because for the same price I would only get a tablet half the size of mine and less sensitive to pressure (mine detects 1024 levels of pressure and the Wacom was half), although I don't really understand if in practice it's any usable difference.

I've necer use one before so I think I will have a big learning curve.


Mines a Trust tablet. Its 512 pressure levels, though I had no real idea of the specifications when I bought it tbh.
 01/03/2007 12:25:03 PM · #4
Originally posted by kirsty_mcn:
Just got myself a laptop, and obviously planning to do a lot of photo-editing on it. Spotted a "Wireless Tablet" in a local supermarket going pretty cheap, bought it, took it home, only to find a big USB cable hanging out the back of it - turns out the product's old name was "Wireless (Design & Work) Tablet" - ie, the pen is wireless, and it comes with a wireless mouse, but the actual tablet isn't. Was I stupid to assume that a "wireless tablet" might actually, y'know, work wirelessly? And more importantly, might it be a good buy regardless - £22 (about $40) for a non-wireless 152*114mm tablet?? Or is my best bet to take it back and save up for an actual wireless one (the free wireless mouse is arbitrary, I already have one I can use)

Thanks for any advice.

Kirsty


I'd suggest you just try it out first and see if it fits your needs, whether you like its performance, etc. From there, you may be able to make a better decision on whether it's worth it to you to keep it or get a better one.
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